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House GOP leaders pulled the plug on a $659 million bill to deal with the influx of tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors entering the U.S. from Central America.

The Senate approved a bill Tuesday that would keep transportation dollars flowing until December. But it has not yet solved the problem of how to avoid any disruption in highway spending.

While 2010 left Joe Miller with big negatives, he also emerged with a good chunk of campaign cash, more than $800,000.

YouGove polling shows Treadwell would do better against incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Begich in November than Sullivan would.

Australia became the first country in the world to repeal a carbon tax on the nation’s worst greenhouse gas polluters, as Prime Minister Tony Abbott made good on a campaign promise to get rid of the unpopular law.

Members of Congress say they are confident of sending a unified version of a bill to overhaul veterans’ health care to the president by the end of the month.